CLTA-GNY 2010 ANNUAL CONFERENCE &
the 8th New York International Conference on the Teaching of Chinese
Chinese Expo 2010: Forum on Teaching and Research in Multiple Venues
20010年大紐約地區中文教師學會
第八届紐約中文教學國際研討會
2010中文博览：汉语教学研究多元论坛
Hosted by Dyson College of Art & Sciences and Confucius Institute at Pace University
Conference Co-chairs: Wenwei Du (wedu@vassar.edu), Weihua Niu (wniu@pace.edu)
Conference Committee (alphabetic): Dongdong Chen, Wenwei Du, Wenchao He, Yong Ho, Xiaoxiao Jiao, Shuming Lu, Weihua Niu, Richard VanNess Simmons
As Chinese language programs continue to proliferate throughout the country and around the world, educators will need to re-conceptualize Chinese language and culture education in light of new opportunities, new challenges and new environment. The range of the conference will cover K-12 and college classrooms, Chinese schools, Confucius Institutes, and various forms of virtual world. The conference will address the following topics, though presentations on related topics are also welcome:
(1) TECHNOLOGY: Using technology and media in the Chinese language classroom, including online and distance learning
(2) STUDENT MOTIVATION: Increasing student motivation through creative approaches to teaching and learning and better understanding student psychology
(3) ADMINISTRATION: The administrative challenges posed by the rapid rise of Chinese language education and the critical shortage of qualified Chinese teachers
(4) PEDAGOGY: The differences between approaches to teaching Chinese to heritage and non-heritage learners; general and specialized student populations; public and private schools; urban, suburban, and rural schools, etc.
(5) LINGUISTICS: New approaches to understanding and explaining Chinese syntax, phonology, semantics, and pragmatics, including psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics, and cognitive science.
(6) CONFUCIUS INSTITUTE AND CHINESE SCHOOLS: Sharing experiences of teaching Chinese and culture in these venues.
(7) CHINESE CULTURE: Exploring ways of teaching Chinese culture for different age groups and different settings
The
CLTA-GNY Conference Committee welcomes submissions of
250-word
proposals on
subjects relevant to the above themes. Papers can be either in Chinese or
English. We will consider proposals for panels as well as individual papers and
all proposals will be reviewed anonymously. Individual papers will be grouped
into panels by themes. Panels will be 75 minutes long with four presenters.
Please note that we will need separate abstracts for each paper on any panel
proposal.
Please send your proposals to the following address(es) to be received by March 15, 2010. Both paper and electronic forms are acceptable, though we encourage and prefer e-mail submissions.
Email submissions should be sent to: clta.gny@gmail.com
Mailing address is:
Chinese Language Teachers Association of Greater New York
125 East 65th Street, New York, NY 10065
Please include the following "Attendee's Information Form" with your proposal. Notice of acceptance will be sent out by March 31 electronically. Anyone who needs a hard copy of the notice should include a special request with his/her proposal.
For information about CLTA-GNY, please visit http://clta-gny.org. For details about the conference, including the conference registration form, please visit http://clta-gny.org/09conf/09conf.html. The conference registration fee is $20 (payable to CLTA-GNY).
ATTENDEE'S INFORMATION FORM
Please return the following form with your paper proposal.
E-mail to clta.gny@gmail.com
Or mail to: Chinese Language Teachers Association of Greater New York
125 East 65th Street
New York, NY 10065
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